Government corruption movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant government corruption movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, tense, political, serious and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with government corruption, corruption, politics, political corruption, politician, dishonesty, murder, investigation, police and conspiracy plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, South Korea and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as government corruption: The Report (2019), Leviathan (2014), Enemy of the State (1998), Servant Of The People 2 (2016), Politics (2019), Six Flying Dragons (2015), I as in Icarus (1979), The Awakener (2018), Bullets of Justice (2019), House of Cards (2013).

List of government corruption movies

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Operation Carwash: A Worldwide Corruption Scandal Made in Brazil (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min.
Story: 2013. During Operation Bidone, the Federal Police seized a truck loaded with palm heart, which contained 697 kg of cocaine. The investigation falls on the team assembled by Ivan Romano, based in Curitiba and composed by Beatriz, Júlio and Ítalo. ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, touching ...
Plot: political corruption, police, politics, government corruption, investigation, organized crime, justice, election campaign, arrest, prison, judge, legal ...
Place: brazil, switzerland
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 7.2
 50K
The Report (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to ...
Style: political, uplifting, ambiguous ending, psychological, enigmatic ...
Plot: investigation, cia, politics, torture, corruption, spy, u.s. government, war crime, government corruption, truth, justice, humiliation ...
Time: year 2019
Place: washington d.c., san francisco
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 7.6
 57K
Leviathan (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 140 min.
Story: In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
Style: bleak, depressing, atmospheric, thought provoking, meditative ...
Plot: lawyer, adultery, corruption, courtroom, infidelity, alcoholic, small town, drunk, alcoholism, poverty, corrupt mayor, unhappy wife ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: russia, soviet union
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Enemy of the State (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.
Style: clever, tense, suspense, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, date night, kids
Plot: conspiracy, surveillance, espionage, cia, political conspiracy, uncover truth, on the run, investigation, politics, twists and turns, manhunt, intelligence ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: baltimore, washington d.c., maryland, afghanistan, iraq ...
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Servant Of The People 2 (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 100 min.
Story: President Vasily Goloborodko is in power for almost half a year. The economic situation in the country had deteriorated: prices are rising and the national currency has depreciated. People's confidence in the President is rapidly falling. To ...
Style: social, humorous, captivating, light, funny ...
Plot: government corruption, corruption, president, politics, society, mentor, parent child relationship, rivalry, dishonesty, love triangle, loneliness, parents and children ...
Place: ukraine
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 3.7
 1K
Politics (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Portraying the events that have taken place in Polish politics in recent years.
Style: unusual plot structure, contemplative, sexy, captivating, tense
Plot: gay, lgbt, politics, politician, media manipulation, corruption, church, political corruption, government corruption, priest, government, power ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poland
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Six Flying Dragons (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: “Six Flying Dragons” is a Period drama depicts the ambitions and success stories of 6 people around Prince Lee Bang Won. This drama also depicts the ideological and political conflict between Prince Lee Bang Won and Jung Do Jeon who is the man ...
Style: enigmatic, exciting, tense, sageuk, disturbing ...
Plot: political conspiracy, joseon dynasty, tragedy, betrayal, political corruption, ambition, medieval, traitor, martial arts, treason, political unrest, royal family ...
Time: 14th century, medieval times
Place: korea
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I as in Icarus (1979)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The film's plot is based on the Kennedy assassination and subsequent investigation. The film begins with the assassination of President Marc Jarry, who is about to be inaugurated for a second six-year term of office. Henri Volney, state ...
Style: political, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: political conspiracy, government corruption, assassination, kennedy assassination, witnessing a crime, uncover truth, political corruption, dedicated lawyer, state affairs, legal investigation, fighting the system, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, year 1979, 70s
Place: france, yale university
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 6.2
 1K
The Awakener (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Miguel is a federal agent, highly trained and skilled in weapons. After experiencing trauma in his personal life, he sets out on a journey of revenge, assuming the identity of a masked vigilante. The Awakener decides to do justice with his own hands ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, thrilling
Plot: masked vigilante, government corruption, vengeance, vigilantism, political corruption, corruption, avenger, battles, organized crime, masked hero, revenge, lynching ...
Place: brazil
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Bullets of Justice (2019)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Kazakhstan, Bulgaria
Duration: 79 min.
Story: During World War III, the American government initiates a secret project codenamed ‘Army Bacon’ in order to create super soldiers by inbreeding humans with pigs. 25 years later the hybrid Muzzles have occupied the top of the food chain, eating ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, captivating, humorous, tense ...
Plot: government corruption, survival, bounty hunter, mutation, experiment, human experiment, bunker, military, female nudity, government, pig, violence ...
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 8.6
 528K
House of Cards (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 3804 min.
TV show
Story: Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of ...
Style: political, serious, clever, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: politics, political intrigue, political corruption, manipulation, state affairs, intrigue, blind ambition, u.s. president, lobbyist, journalism, journalist, media ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., syria
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 8.2
 31K
Z (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Repression is the rule of the day in this film that skewers Greek governance of the 1960s. Z, a leftist rabble rouser, is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. But given the political climate, the death of such a prominent activist raises ...
Style: political, political thriller, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: conspiracy, politics, military, police, government, right wing, corruption, investigation, murder investigation, political corruption, justice, protest ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place: greece, france, africa, europe
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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The Manchurian Candidate is a political thriller from American director John Frankenheimer. An American soldier is brainwashed into being a killer for the communist Russians during the Korean War.
Style: political thriller, black and white, psychological, political, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: conspiracy, cold war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, assassin, senator, election, political intrigue, korean war, spy, manipulation, politics ...
Time: 20th century, year 1962, 50s, 1950s, year 1952
Place: new york, china, north korea, korea, usa ...
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The Constant Gardener (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Kenya, France, USA, Switzerland
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very ...
Style: political thriller, suspenseful, tense, political, suspense ...
Plot: conspiracy, spy, investigation, corruption, murder, cover up, death, aids, politics, marriage, idealism, politician ...
Time: 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place: africa, sudan, germany, kenya, south africa ...
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All the President's Men (1976)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of ...
Style: political thriller, political, cerebral, realistic, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: journalism, newspaper, investigation, politics, political conspiracy, conspiracy, political corruption, journalist, president, american politics, white house, political intrigue ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1976, year 1972, year 1973
Place: washington d.c., usa, miami, florida
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 7.7
 789
The Knockout (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: 20 years of perseverance, hot-blooded teenagers finally become the people's hero.
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, dramatic, captivating
Plot: gang, government corruption, organized crime, corruption, police officer, fighting crime, police, mafia, chinese mafia, criminal gang, criminal, police investigation
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 7.0
 868
The Journalist (2022)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A journalist known as the maverick of news media defiantly chases the truth in this series adaptation of the hit movie of the same name.
Style: detective, psychological, thrilling, captivating, political
Plot: reporter, female reporter, government corruption, investigative reporter, scandal, female journalist, corruption, amateur sleuth, journalism, investigation, journalist, mental health ...
Place: japan
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Wild District (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Colombia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: After surrendering to Bogotá police, an ex-guerrilla avoids prison by working undercover to investigate a ruthless enforcer of government corruption.
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, interesting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, government corruption, spy, runaway, haunted by the past, special agent, wartime life, partisan, mercenary, confronting the past, life is a bitch, betrayal ...
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Norte, the End of History (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 250 min.
Story: A man is wrongly jailed for murder while the real killer roams free. The murderer is an intellectual frustrated with his country’s never-ending cycle of betrayal and apathy. The convict is a simple man who finds life in prison more tolerable, when ...
Style: philosophical, realistic, stylized, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot: double murder, social problems, revenge, punishment, government corruption, immigrant, society, social relations, working class, village life, prison, husband wife relationship ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: the philippines, asia
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 5.3
 4K
Hate Story (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story: After journalist, Kaavya Krishna exposes corporate corruption orchestrated by tycoon Siddharth Dhanrajgir, she is soon wooed by the businessman into a new job where she slowly falls in love with him culminating in a passionate night of love making. ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, sexy, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sex scene, vengeance, prostitute, strong female character, dishonesty, haunted by the past, sexual relations, government corruption, journalism, manipulation, rivalry, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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 6.9
 57K
Dave (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Bill Mitchell is the philandering and distant President of the United States. Dave Kovic is a sweet-natured and caring Temp Agency operator, who by a staggering coincidence looks exactly like the President. As such, when Mitchell wants to escape an ...
Style: feel good, political, touching, humorous, witty ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: president, u.s. president, politics, conspiracy, political corruption, lookalikes, congress, head of state, white house, state affairs, fish out of water, love affair ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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 7.9
 2K
1985 (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: In 1980, a young woman, her brother and his best friend set off on the adventure of adult life. Brimming with good intentions, they embark on a promising future. Inge as a law student at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Marc and Franky as recruits ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, eighties
Plot: government corruption, investigation, grownups, lifestyle, gang, bandit, gendarmerie, european, unsolved crime, government conspiracy, fascism, supermarket ...
Time: 80s
Place: belgium, brussels belgium
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The Day Shall Come (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An impoverished leader of a small religious commune in Miami, is offered cash to save his family from eviction. He has no idea his sponsor works for an FBI agent, who plans to turn him into a criminal by fueling his madcap revolutionary dreams.
Style: tragicomedy, serious, intense, exciting, light ...
Plot: racism, optimist, nuclear, religious cult, absurdism, police raid, political satire, social satire, police corruption, pacifist, secret police, snitch ...
Place: miami
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 7.9
 210K
Brazil (1985)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent ...
Style: surreal, futuristic, psychological, dark comedy, cerebral ...
Audience: adult
Plot: dystopia, dream, fighting the system, distopia, surrealism, cyberpunk, christmas, bureaucracy, imagination, mistaken identity, alternate reality, dystopian future ...
Time: future, year 1985, year 1984
Place: england, london, britain, europe
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Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A corrupted customs officer, Choi Ik-hyeon, faces losing his job. Then, his life turns around as he meets ganster Choi Hyeong-bae who has connection with the Yakuza. They quickly form a partnetship; Hyeong-bae helps Ik-hyeon set up a business with ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, rough, crime drama ...
Plot: organized crime, gangster, rise and fall, police, mafia, rise to the top, ambition, gang war, unlikely criminals, betrayal, dishonesty, disorder ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: south korea, busan, asia, korea
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In the Name of People (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: A story of intricate struggles against corruption in China.
Style: captivating, suspense, political
Plot: politics, corruption, political intrigue, political unrest, political corruption, government corruption, corrupt, fighting the system, corrupt politician, corrupt official, showdown
Place: china
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Code Name: K.O.Z. (2015)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Political and social processes in recent and current Turkish political history.
Style: captivating, suspense, political
Plot: corruption, corrupted ruler, political corruption, political scandal, government corruption, politician, political activism, corrupt official, social issues, corrupt politician, scandal, society ...
Time: 2010s
Place: turkey
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History of the Occult (2020)
Genre: Horror
Country: Argentina, Mexico
Duration: 82 min.
Story: During the last broadcast of 60 Minutes Before Midnight, the most watched journalistic program on television, Adrián Marcato could expose a conspiracy and link the government to a obscure secret society.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: fear, conspiracy theory, secret society, murder, journalist, conspiracy, television studio, president, senator, expose, escape, betrayal ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: buenos aires argentina
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Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Four promiscuous businessmen must scheme to save the poor people of a village after a corrupt politician challenges them.
Style: semi serious, funny, captivating, satirical
Plot: money, intrigue, corruption, problem, fighting the system, rich, satire, government corruption, political corruption, rich and poor, male female relationship
Place: africa, nigeria
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The Policeman's Lineage (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A by-the-book police officer is assigned to secretly investigate a team leader who believes that the rules shouldn't stop an investigation. As the officer investigates further, his own attitudes begin to mirror the team leader's.
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing, crime drama
Plot: corrupt cop, undercover cop, investigation, crime investigation, moral dilemma, police corruption, fighting crime, mission, unconventional method, police investigation, police, teamwork ...
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